Since I joined Chess.com, I have completed 8 games against the Sicilian Pin Variation playing the white pieces. I have won 7 of the 8 games with one draw versus Marjan Lacic, who plays under the handle "lac." Marjan is a very strong master wit... Read more »
This is my first game from a World League Warm-up match between Team England and Team USA South Central. England crushed the USA 93.5 to 36.5 with just my second game to go in a 130 board match, because the Brits outranked us on every board exce... Read more »
Since I have joined Chess.com, I have played the black side of a Sicilian Pin Defense in 16 completed games. I have a 68.8% black win rate in those 16 games and have lost only four of those 16 games! Against 1. e4 I have played 37 games and ha... Read more »
This win kept me undefeated and untied in my section of the Strongest Tournament Ever with 7 straight wins. However, Meng, who plays under the handle "Mengsky" terrified me with a strong mating attack AFTER he had blundered a piece! At one tim... Read more »
I joined Power of Chess in September of 2008 and stated playing in a bunch of team matches to prove my worthiness of the honor of joining such a strong team. I ended up in a series of horrible mis-matches where I was rated 200 to 800 points abov... Read more »
Recently, I have sponsored two thematic tournaments: Sicilian Pin and Sicilian Pin Koch. I currently have 18 wins and one defeat with no draws counting both tourneys. I have not analyzed any of these games because everyone is playing the same ... Read more »
This game gave me 5.0 points in the second round of the 2nd Chess.com tourney. In the last 10 years, I have played the Nimzowitsch Variation as a back-up variation to both test it out and throw opponents off. I have decided that it is too risk... Read more »
This was the final game in the first tourney that I played on this site. I had already locked up the championship by a 1/2 point with 7 points with Gala at second with 6 1/2 points. However, even though I was totally out-played in the opening,... Read more »
On Dec. 7, I complted my latest crush of the Sicilian Scheveningen Variation by using the powerful Keres Attack. This is against a Polish Master and is worthy of study because of the powerful knight sac that destroys black's position! Read more »
Most of my Welcome Games only last a few moves and the new players let the time expire. However, this new player from Bangkok played an interesting game that serves as a teaching vehicle. He violates several important chess principles ... Read more »
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